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- ↑ "Outcomes of the trial of the consolidated reporting template for Pacific Island countries to the biodiversity-related multilateral environmental agreements" (PDF). sprep.org. Government of Australia. August 2008. p. 49.
- ↑ "Raising awareness on risk-informed development through "maroro/talanoa" in Kiribati". United Nations Development Programme. 7 December 2022.
- ↑ "General Election Results". internalaffairs.gov.ki. 2024.
- ↑ Kaata, Renaua (13 September 2024). "Willie Tokataake - Tibiika ae е boou n ana Mwaneaba ni Maungatabu Kiribati; Tebenako Araia Taan Kauaaba n te Beretitenti" [Willie Tokataake - new Speaker for Kiribati Parliament; Candidates for presidential election selected]. Te Uekera (in Gilbertese). Kiribati – via Archive.org.
- 1 2 Wiseman, Don (29 September 2024). "Kiribati to vote for president on 25 October". Radio New Zealand.
- ↑ Wiseman, Don (24 September 2024). "Tessie Lambourne claims Kiribati 'now a one-party state', takes aim at Taneti Maamau's leadership". Radio New Zealand.
- 1 2 Wiseman, Don (14 September 2024). "Taneti Maamau in pole position to be president again as Kiribati's lawmakers choose speaker". Radio New Zealand.
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